San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-04-25
ANrr-PRoHIsIrIoNIsTs
Hold a housing Meeting ut Turner Hall
and Inaugurate Campaign Work.

ana lnhuBuI NuiAAphAb-
The anti-prohibitIonist opened their
batteries last night by public meeting
In Turner hall and a large number OF
citizens were present.
G, Hugo, chairman OF the county anti
prohibition committee, called the meet
ing TO order and explained that the object
was 10 organize an anti-prohibition party
for the county and TO elect delegates TO
attend the anti-prohibition convention
in Dallas on the 4th Of May next. The
mayor, the Hon. Bryan CallaghaD, and
Col. Ii. Il. Andrews were then placed In
nomination for chairman, and on Col.
Andrews refusing to serve, the mayor
was elected.
The chairman, thanked the meeting
for the honor and made some remarks III
against prohibition. Mr.. A. |. Lock-
wood nominated Henry Berg and DR..
Lindner placed g. RuDge In nomination
for secretary. On motion OF Mr.. j. n.
Gallagher both were elected.
The following were then elected vice
presidents:
Chas. Hugo, ii. Is. Andrews, c. b.
Mullaly, Anton Adam, G. l.. Wurzbaoh,
Frank Grice, Fred Cooke, A. w. HOus-
ton, T.. j. Devine, Sam Maverick, Geo.
II. Noonan, Thad w. Smith.
A committee, consisting Of Captain
Edgar Schram, G. hugo, j. N. Gal
lagher, e. B. Mutually and ii. ID. Kamp-
mann, were then appointed to select
delegates for the Dallas convention.
In response TO res, Col. IL. b. An
drews and the Hon. Oscar Bergstrom.
delivered stirring addresses against the
prohibition movement.
Mr.. John ii. Copeland introduced the
following resolutions which were
adopted:
Whereas, an extremely radical cOnsti-
tutiOnal amendment has been submitted
to the people OF Texas to be adopted or
rejected at popular election to be held
In August next; and whereas, certain
persons, either from want OF knowl-
edge Of the scope of the amendment IT.
self, or from a want OF knowledge OF the
territorial extent and diversified inter-
ests of the great state of Texas, are urg-
ing the people of various paris OF the
state of Texas to vote to adopt 1t; there
fore be 1t
Resolved, LIST. That we respectfully
submit TO our fellow citizens OF other
sections of this great state the following
facts: LIST. That 10 southern Texas
much of the soil is better adapted TO
wine growing interests than to any
other.
End. That much capital has been in
vested 10 this Industry, and in many in
stances all the hard earnings of life
time have been expended In Texas with
the indication thar southern Texas will
soon realize as much from this Industry
as northern Texas does from her grain
crop.
3rd. That this vast and prosperous
section of our great state Is largely set
tied by people who use but little and
care nothing for strong drink or saloons,
but who use wine and beer in modera-
ton and as neCessaries of life, the most
of which wine and beer is made by
themselves both for their own use and
for export.
Attn. That If said amendment to our
constitution is adopted many of our
people will be ruined financially as well
as deprived of various articles of diet,
and great blight put upon what Is now
a prosperous section OF the state settled
by happy and sober people.
9Th. We ask OF our just fellow
citizens of other sections Of Texas to
consider well the radical extent so which
this amendment goes, and lin making
war on whisky" not TO vote for IL as
framed and thereby involve our section
disastrOusly and deprive us of the harm
less qualification of our appetites aud
the enjoyment of the fruits Of our labor.
We have suffered much from drOuth and
the low prices of cattle without having
our remaining and very promising in
dHstry totally Oblitersted.
The following delegates to the Dallas
convention were then reported by the
committee and adopted by reclamation:
Bryan CallaghGn, A. B. Frank, A. Bel
KNAPP, Oscar BergstrOm, Edgar Sohramm,
II. Vernon, Joe CassianO, w. Ferguson,
G. f. Guenther, Nat Lewis, Peter
Shields. G. b. Mullaly, FL. Kampmann,
II. L. Berg, Chas. Hugo, james III.
French, b j. Msuermann, G. A. Duer-
Ter, ID. w. King, Hans l.. Degener, Z. 5.
Robinson, l.. ID. Dibble, w. Ii. Young,
Mic COsgrOVe, Frank Grice, F. GroOs,
Captain HOsack, F. Hertt, Jr., Geo. Kali
teyer, ThOs. B johnson, Charles Runge.
MIR. l.. ID. Dibble then gave talk on
the working of prohibition in Michi-
gan.
Capt. Schramm then moved the or
ganization of county party, and after
much discussion it was decided that
committee Of i've be appointed by the
hair as a central committee, having
power to appoint sub committees.
The chairman then said he would ap-
point committees and announce them
through the press, and the meeting ad-
journed.